In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Clean, cold drinking water flows from a nondescript pipe in a roadside rock face.

This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

A cosmic pit stop just beyond the notorious Area 51.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

This mother-daughter run curiosities shop is a beautifully odd mix of taxidermy and exotic plants.

The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.

What began as a prominent Burning Man art piece is now an iconic symbol of downtown Reno.

This larger-than-life portrait in Nevada's silver boomtown is decorated with over 3,000 silver dollars.

What once housed a private club catering to Comstock Lode elite is now considered one of the West’s most haunted spaces.

A Wild West saloon that helped define a generation of psychedelic rock.

On the side of Highway 50 East, between Carson City and Dayton, Nevada, sits a giant metal spider made from a vintage Volkswagen Beetle.

Unopened beer cans are left at this monument to honor the Navy men who lost their lives during a training mission.

This Old West eatery along America's Loneliest Road was originally a stop on the Pony Express.

A tree bears footwear on the loneliest road in America.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

A stretch of highway even lonelier than the so-called "Loneliest Road in America."

The only thing still moving in this town is the eponymous hot spring.

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

This sign designates the road that leads to the infamous Area 51.

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

This Stonehenge-inspired solar calendar stands alongside a landfill, in the middle of the Nevada desert.